Developing Digital Literacies

Developing Digital Literacies: What it means for your organisation

http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/digitalliteracy.aspx #JISCDIGLIT

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Digital Literacy

How are you preparing your learners for work and life in a world permeated with

digital technologies?

What skills and behaviours will your learners have when they leave your organisation?

"Many learners enter further and higher education lacking the skills needed to apply digital technologies to education. As 90% of new jobs will require excellent digital skills, improving digital literacy is an essential component of developing employable graduates. Courses that embed core digital skills, as well as subject specific use of technology, enable students to gain the skills and confidence they need to use digital technology not only to support their learning but also in the workplace."

JISC Developing Digital Literacies Programme (http://www.jisc.ac.uk/developingdigitalliteracies)

Why is Digital Literacy Important?

What does it mean for your organisation?

Are you providing a holistic approach?

• Face-to-face and online events to share national expertise around issues of digital literacy – webinar recordings here

• Current issues and approaches in developing digital literacy • Rising to the digital literacy challenge in further education • Supporting the development of staff digital literacies

• Dedicated JISC Mail list for learning providers on the theme of digital literacy to inform planning and share good practice: JISC-DIGLIT-PUBLIC@jiscmail.ac.uk

• Latest updates from the RSCs and news items on the theme of digital literacy to promote and raise awareness follow @JISCRSCDigLit

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Digital Literacy Organisational Review

What is on offer? For organisations - we offer tailored advisory support to help at each step as

you develop and implement your plans For senior managers – we will deliver a briefing that is relevant to your context,

and will help you to realise the benefits of integrating digital literacy into your strategic planning

For senior managers and key staff – we offer an organisational review focused on digital literacy and that will help you to identify the key actions that will move you forward

For quality and staff development teams – we provide materials to support you in developing staff awareness and good practice in digital literacy

For curriculum and support teams – we identify and signpost the most valuable and appropriate resources for peer support

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Help you to develop a strategic approach by

• Helping to carry out an organisational review

• Providing materials to support staff development

• Enabling you to improve quality of provision

• Signposting you to recent, relevant research

How can Jisc help?

Jisc funded innovation programmes and research

Our offer draws on the work Jisc, Jisc Services and wider research including: Jisc Developing Digital Literacies Programme and

other Jisc Innovation programmes

The work of Jisc Services such as Jisc InfoNet and Jisc Legal

Experiences of the Jisc RSC support programme

Developing Digital Literacy

• Prepares learners for the workplace by developing their digital competencies

• Improves the quality of teaching and learning by offering more flexible and engaging models of delivery

• Addresses staff CPD needs to ensure that they are empowered to help learners make best use of technology

• Contributes towards a safe and responsible learning environment, minimising the risks of cyberbullying and inappropriate online behaviours

• Supports senior managers to develop strategies focusing on digital literacies that join-up good practice across the organisation

Key Drivers

• Employability: Digital competence is not optional for today’s workforce

• Quality of teaching and learning: Use of digital technologies

enables flexible, dynamic and engaging modes of delivery • Organisational visibility and reputation management:

Improving the way in which staff and learners engage with the world around them.

DLOR

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• Icebreaker

• RSC briefing

• Whole group completion of review • RSC Advisor will:

• Facilitate discussions • Draw out action points where

applicable • Help to address issues at an

organisational level • Record and agree priority actions,

responses, key issues • Agree actions

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DLOR

• Consultation, staff development, workshops, case studies, strategic support, InfoKits, best practice

• For quality and staff development teams we

provide materials and InfoKits to support you in developing staff awareness and good practice in digital literacy

• For curriculum and support teams we identify and signpost the most valuable and appropriate resources for peer support

• We demonstrate (for example), methods for

helping learners develop their learning and digital literacies, methods for further embedding digital literacies into delivery and learner support and so forth